Quick starts propels Comets to victory

JONESVILLE — Despite only making one field goal in the second quarter of Friday night’s matchup against Springport the Jonesville boys basketball team came out on top at the final buzzer 52-33.

The Comets got out to a quick start on the Spartans in the first quarter outscoring them 16-4 going into the second quarter. Junior Kyle Jones led the way for the Comets in the first half scoring nine of the teams 16 points.

The Spartans shot their way back into the ballgame in the second quarter as the Comets rushed their offense turning the ball over several times. The Spartans outscored the Comets 14-5 in the quarter at the halftime buzzer Springport was down 21-18.

Jonesville coach Larry Sheerer said he preached patience to his team at halftime.

“We made too many turnovers,” he said.

Sheerer said his team is still working through growing pains after losing starter Kyler Gimenez.

“If he would of been in the game in the second quarter we could have looked to him,” Sheerer said.

In the third quarter the Comets once again came out and ran their offense building up a 31-20 lead on a 10-2 run.

Springport coach Chris Johnston called timeout with 3:15 left in the quarter but it was too little too late as the Comets never looked back.

Jonesville hit three, three pointers in the quarter and junior Aaron Cleveland converted a three point play with seconds remaining in the quarter. Going into the fourth quarter the Comets were up 40-25.

“We got back to passing the ball and working as a team in the third quarter,” Sheerer said.

Looking ahead to the rest of the season Sheerer said his team needs to focus on rebounding and taking care of the basketball.

The Comets had 25 rebounds on the night, six higher than their average.

“Kyle Jones had a big night for us with 10 rebounds and 14 points,” Sheerer said.

Jones was the leading scorer on the night for both sides. The only other Comet in double figures was Caleb Taylor with 12 points.

Rounding out the scoring for the Comets was Brandon Jenkins with seven points, Seth Taylor with two, Ben Ackerson with three, Wesley Raker with four, Aaron Cleveland with eight and Steven Eckardt with two.